Class B boys basketball officially wrapped up this weekend. We went to Minot, North Dakota to watch as fans. Our boys team finished their season with a third place Region 3 win on March 10. Our favorite player/son wasn’t playing in “The B” his senior year like he always dreamed of but still accomplished part of the goal he set…
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Filed Under: America's Farm Table, Life in North Dakota Tagged With: agriculture, family farm, North Dakota, prairie, Women in Ag 1 Comment
Today is National Ag Day. What is National Ag Day? It’s a celebration of the bounty we are given through agriculture. If you don’t know a farmer to celebrate I am sharing a few pictures of farmers we celebrate in our family. From my grandparents to my parents to my brother to my kids, they are a few of my favorite agriculturists and…
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Filed Under: Life in North Dakota Tagged With: motherhood, small town sports Leave a Comment
Our son and his small-town basketball team will play in the first round of the regional tournament on Monday in Jamestown, N.D. Two years ago, we played the first game in the regional tournament as the fourth seed against the first-seed favorite. In the third quarter, we were trailing by a lot, but we rallied back to pull off an…
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Filed Under: Family Values Tagged With: family, working mom 1 Comment
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Leap Day Region Qualifier Basketball Game
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Thanks to Leap Day, we get an extra day. You can make it all you want it to be. For us, we are going to cheer louder and support our favorite boys basketball team in their region qualifier game. Our winter has been full of basketball in between so many other happenings. I haven’t been sharing my weekly columns as…
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